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The BBC reported that \ufeffRaducanu woke up "a little sore" after a two hour practice session on Monday and chose to rest instead.<\/p>\n
The British star \ufeffwas plagued by ankle and wrist injuries last year.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old played at the ASB Classic in Auckland last week and appeared to battling a sore back in a loss to Elina Svitolina.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Origin gun snubs rivals to sign 'richest ever' Knights deal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Jordan Thompson's hilarious plea to Benji Marshall<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Labuschagne endorses potential Smith move<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n Second seed Jessica Pegula had a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over fellow American Bernarda Pera on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International.<\/p>\n Pera earned a spot in the main draw as a 'lucky loser' from qualifying and then upset former world No.2 Paula Badosa in the first round.<\/p>\n Pegula went 1-for-10 on break points in the first set as Pera's powerful left handed game led to the unseeded player's early advantage.<\/p>\n But Pegula found her rhythm in the second set, where she hit 11 winners to six unforced errors.<\/p>\n Pegula will next face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who beat fellow qualifier Katerina Siniakova 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n Adelaide is among the last tune-up events for the Australian Open, which starts on Sunday in Melbourne.<\/p>\n SINNER STAYS HOT AT KOOYONG<\/strong><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner skipped official lead-in tournaments for the Australian Open and preferred to play at the Kooyong Classic exhibition in Melbourne, which also features world No.8 Holger Rune and Andy Murray.<\/a><\/p>\n Playing his first match of the season on Wednesday, Sinner beat Australian Marc Polmans 6-4, 6-0.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Sinner finished 2023 by beating world No.1 Novak Djokovic in the round robin stage of the ATP Finals in Turin.<\/p>\n He then led Italy to the Davis Cup title in Malaga.<\/p>\n He also won late season titles in Beijing and Vienna which included wins over No.2 Carlos Alcaraz and No.3 Daniil Medvedev.<\/p>\n Sinner's best result at the Australian Open came in 2022 with a quarter-final appearance.<\/p>\n His best Grand Slam singles to date was a semi-final run last year at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n "It was a good end of season last year and I'm starting from zero to try and get confidence from last year again," Sinner said.<\/p>\n "It's obviously tough in the first match you play but I was happy with today."<\/p>\n MERTENS ADVANCES AT HOBART<\/strong><\/p>\n Top seed Elise Mertens has advanced to the quarter-finals at the Hobart International after a 6-2, 6-3 win over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.<\/p>\n The Belgian player, who won in Hobart in 2017 and 2018, will meet Dutch veteran Arantxa Rus for a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n "That would be amazing (to win the tournament again). But we're only in the quarter-finals – I need to win three more," Mertens said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Adelaide](\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pickerimage-41.jpg\")
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